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Cook Islands (Bank Accounts)
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what consultations he has had with his opposite numbers in the European Union concerning the security implications of access by United Kingdom citizens to bank accounts registered in the Cook Islands ; and what provisions exist under the protocols of the Trevi Group to restrict access to such bank accounts for the proceeds of crime.
Mr. Charles Wardle : None. The regulations of banking services in the Cook Islands is a matter for the Cook Islands' authorities.
Police Codes of Conduct
Mr. Wicks : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether anything exists in police codes of conduct to forbid officers passing on confidential information to third parties, including the media, whether for payment or not, during investigations into suspicious deaths ; how often these codes have been breached in this respect in the last five years ; how many officers have been disciplined or suspended ; and what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the codes in this regard.
Mr. Charles Wardle : The police discipline code is contained in schedule 1 of the Police (Discipline) Regulations 1985--S.1.1985/518. Paragraph 6 of the code creates a disciplinary offence of improper disclosure of information which occurs, inter alia, when a member of a police force without proper authority communicates to any person, any information which he has in his possession as a member of a police force. Punishments for breaching the code include dismissal from the force. I have no reason to think that the provisions of the code are inadequate in this regard. Where money or other consideration has been accepted, the possibility would also arise that the common law offence of bribery had been committed. Figures are not collected centrally about the categories of offences leading to disciplinary proceedings.
Police Body Armour
Mr. Eastham : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make special separate funds available to inner city police forces for adequate provision of covert body armour for police constables working in hazardous duties on foot patrol, and for officers engaged on mobile duties, especially when operating road blocks.
Mr. Charles Wardle : No. Police protective equipment is purchased out of normal polce funds. It is for chief officers of police to decide how to equip their officers.
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Prisoners (Searches)
Mr. Peter Atkinson : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proposals he has in relation to the powers of civilian staff in prisons to search prisoners.
Mr. Howard : Civilian staff in prisons conducting activities involving prisoners--for example, workshop instructors or catering staff-- should be able to conduct non-intimate "rub-down" searches for unauthorised items such as concealed knives or sharp tools. This would make it unnecessary to bring in uniformed staff solely for that purpose and gives prison governors greater flexibility in their use of staff. In order to put the legal position beyond doubt, a clause is being tabled today for inclusion in the Criminal Justice and Public Order Bill which will enable civilian staff authorised by the governor to conduct these searches. Only suitably trained or experienced staff regularly involved in the custody or supervision of prisoners would be authorised to use the power. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland will bring forward similar measures for Scotland.
Lenient Sentences
Mr. Paice : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received regarding the Attorney General's right to appeal against lenient sentences ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Maclean : I refer the hon. Member to the oral reply I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Dartford (Mr. Dunn) on 10 February at columns 441-42.
Prisoners
Mr. Llwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish for the latest convenient year the number of (a) male, (b) female and (c) all prisoners sentenced to imprisonment by courts within Wales ; and how many of these spent part or all of their sentences in prisons outside Wales.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from A. J. Butler to Mr. Elfyn Llwyd, dated 14 February 1994 :
The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question asking if he will publish for the latest convenient year the number of (a) male, (b) female and (c) all prisoners sentenced to imprisonment by courts within Wales ; and how many of these spent part or all of their sentences in prisons outside Wales.
According to the records held centrally, some 2,876 prisoners, excluding fine defaulters, were first received into Prison Service establishments under sentence from courts in Wales during 1993. Of these 2,755 were male and 121 were female. Information on the numbers who spent part or all of their sentence in Prison Service establishments outside Wales could only be obtained at
disproportionate cost. The available information is for the establishment of first reception ; of those sentenced by courts in Wales in 1993, 690 males and 121 females were first received under sentence into Prison Service establishments outside Wales. There are no female Prison Service establishments in Wales.
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Hoax Fire Calls
Mr. Boyes : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the county fire authorities in order of number of hoax calls received in the last year for which figures are available ; and if he will also show in each authority the number of hoax calls as a percentage of the population.
Mr. Charles Wardle : Information on malicious false alarm incidents attended by local authority fire brigades in order of the number in 1992 is shown in the following table, which also shows the number expressed per 100 population.
Table showing, for 1992, the number of malicious false alarms for each
fire authority and the number of malicious false alarms
per 100 population
Fire authority |Malicious false|Malicious false
|alarms<1> |alarms per 100
|population<2>
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Greater London |22,384 |0.33
Strathclyde |16,349 |0.71
Greater Manchester |11,972 |0.47
West Midlands |10,747 |0.41
West Yorkshire |7,999 |0.39
Tyne and Wear |6,949 |0.62
Merseyside |6,451 |0.45
Lancashire |4,745 |0.34
South Yorkshire |4,630 |0.36
Cleveland |4,346 |0.78
Northern Ireland |3,397 |0.21
Humberside |3,104 |0.35
Essex |2,957 |0.19
Kent |2,678 |0.17
Durham |2,574 |0.43
Staffordshire |2,164 |0.21
Mid Glamorgan |2,160 |0.40
Gwent |2,109 |0.47
Lothian and Borders |2,107 |0.25
Derbyshire |1,920 |0.20
Avon |1,837 |0.19
Devon |1,724 |0.17
South Glamorgan |1,638 |0.40
Leicestershire |1,615 |0.18
West Glamorgan |1,543 |0.42
Cheshire |1,457 |0.15
Nottinghamshire |1,446 |0.14
Berkshire |1,350 |0.18
Surrey |1,320 |0.13
Cambridgeshire |1,232 |0.18
Tayside |1,136 |0.29
Fife |1,108 |0.32
Hereford and Worcestershire |1,067 |0.16
Buckinghamshire |1,036 |0.16
Clwyd |1,024 |0.25
Cumbria |1,013 |0.21
Hertfordshire |989 |0.10
Oxfordshire |986 |0.17
Norfolk |984 |0.13
Gloucestershire |867 |0.16
Lincolnshire |862 |0.15
Dyfed |806 |0.23
East Sussex |793 |0.11
Hampshire |779 |0.05
Wiltshire |737 |0.13
Bedfordshire |724 |0.14
Shropshire |701 |0.17
Dorset |693 |0.10
Northumberland |688 |0.22
West Sussex |687 |0.10
Warwickshire |681 |0.14
Suffolk |632 |0.10
Grampian |616 |0.12
Northamptonshire |616 |0.10
Central |567 |0.21
North Yorkshire |555 |0.08
Somerset |555 |0.12
Cornwall and Scilly |366 |0.08
Highlands and Islands |346 |0.13
Gwynedd |309 |0.13
Dumfries and Galloway |255 |0.17
Powys |120 |0.10
Isle of Wight |100 |0.08
<1>Provisional figures.
<2>Based on 1991 mid-year estimates.
Public Bodies
Mr. Kilfoyle : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department who are the members currently appointed to the Parliamentary Boundary Commission for Wales.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : The Chairman of the Commission is the Speaker of the House of Commons. The deputy chairman is the hon. Sir John Knox. The members are Miss Sheila Cameron QC and Mr. David Macklin CBE.
Mr. Kilfoyle : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department who are the members currently appointed to the Central Fire Brigades Advisory Council.
Mr. Charles Wardle : My right hon. and learned Friend has appointed me as the chairman of the Central Fire Brigades Advisory Council. He has appointed the following as members for the period until 31 July 1994 :
Mr. S. G. Bennett (Association of Metropolitan Authorities) Mr. A. E. Best (Chief and Assistant Chief Fire Officers' Association)
Mrs. E. S. Brett (Association of County Councils)
Mr. K Cameron (Fire Brigades Union)
Mr. B. T. A. Collins (Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Fire Services)
Mr. M. I. Davies (National Association of Fire Officers) Mr. D. T. Davis (Institution of Fire Engineers)
Mr. M. R. Fordham (Fire Brigades Union)
Mr. T. L. Glossop (Chief and Assistant Chief Fire Officers' Association)
Mr. C. Grenyer (Association of County Councils)
Mr. W. J. A. Innes (Home Office)
Mr. D. Matthews (Fire Brigades Union)
Mr. G. Newton (National Association of Fire Officers)
Mr. D. Punshon (Association of County Councils)
Mr. A Ritchie (Association of Metropolitan Authorities) Mr. B. G. Robinson (Chief Fire Officer, London Fire Brigade) Mr. R. Scott (Fire Brigades Union)
Mr. G. Setterfield (National Association of Fire Officers) Mr. J. Tiplady (Association of Metropolitan Authorities) Mr. F. Walker (Association of Metropolitan Authorities) Mr. M. Warner (Association of County Councils)
Mr. R. G. Williams (National Association of Fire Officers) Dr. W. D. Woolley (Director, Fire Research Station)
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Mr. Kilfoyle : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department who are the members currently appointed to the Police Complaints Authority.
Mr. Charles Wardle : The current membership is as follows : Sir Leonard Peach (Chairman)
Mr. Peter Moorhouse (Deputy Chairman)
Mr. John Cartwright (Deputy Chairman)
Mr. Karamjit Singh
Mr. Gordon Marsh
Mr. Edward Wignall
Brigadier Anthony Vivian CBE
Miss Beryl Wallis
Mrs. Linda Cawsey
Mr. Mark Chapman CVO
Mr. William McCall
Miss Linda Haye
Lt. Col. Anthony Williams
Mr. Linbert Spencer
Metropolitan Police
Mr. Austin-Walker : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish a table showing the (a) approved establishment and (b) actual numbers of uniformed police constables for each of the Metropolitan police divisions for each month from January to December 1993 and the projected numbers for each month from January to April 1994.
Mr. Charles Wardle : I understand from the Commissioner that information relating to divisions is not held centrally. A table of figures showing uniform police constable strength and establishment at area level for each month of 1993 is shown. Projected figures for 1994 are not available.
Divisional uniform police constable establishment and strength
|Establishment|Strength
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1 January 1993 to 1 February 1993
1 Area |1,884.00 |1,827.90
2 Area |1,824.00 |1,779.50
3 Area |1,919.00 |1,931.24
4 Area |1,520.00 |1,569.40
5 Area |1,411.00 |1,356.40
6 Area |1,918.00 |1,876.21
7 Area |1,689.00 |1,643.41
8 Area |1,288.00 |1,309.31
|------- |-------
Total |13,453.00 |13,293.37
PC variation |- |-159.63
Sergeant variation |- |+155.40
2 February 1993 to 1 March 1993
1 Area |1,875.00 |1,804.90
2 Area |1,819.00 |1,802.50
3 Area |1,914.00 |1,918.80
4 Area |1,532.00 |1,553.90
5 Area |1,407.00 |1,349.70
6 Area |1,913.00 |1,862.61
7 Area |1,682.00 |1,633.41
8 Area |1,375.00 |1,297.31
|------- |-------
Total |13,517.00 |13,223.13
PC variation |- |-293.87
Sergeant variation |- |+178.03
2 March 1993 to 31 March 1993
1 Area |1,890.00 |1,811.90
2 Area |1,836.00 |1,809.10
3 Area |1,960.00 |1,915.80
4 Area |1,655.00 |1,545.90
5 Area |1,331.00 |1,362.70
6 Area |1,910.00 |1,865.01
7 Area |1,656.00 |1,643.41
8 Area |1,306.00 |1,306.31
|------- |-------
Total |13,544,00 |13,260.13
PC variation |- |-283.87
Sergeant variation |- |+162.03
1 April 1993 to 4 May 1993
1 Area |1,890.00 |1,811.90
2 Area |1,836.00 |1,809.58
3 Area |1,960.00 |1,914.80
4 Area |1,655.00 |1,544.90
5 Area |1,331.00 |1,363.70
6 Area |1,910.00 |1,864.01
7 Area |1,656.00 |1,642.41
8 Area |1,306.00 |1,306.31
|------- |-------
Total |13,544.00 |13,257.61
PC variation |- |-286.39
Sergeant variation |- |+161.03
5 May 1993 to 2 June 1993
1 Area |1,890.00 |1,845.90
2 Area |1,836.00 |1,831.68
3 Area |1,960.00 |1,909.93
4 Area |1,655.00 |1,530.90
5 Area |1,331.00 |1,432.85
6 Area |1,910.00 |1,902.11
7 Area |1,656.00 |1,672.10
8 Area |1,290.00 |1,306.50
|------- |-------
Total |13,528.00 |13,431.97
PC variation |- |-96.03
Sergeant variation |- |+150.13
3 June 1993 to 5 July 1993
1 Area |1,891.00 |1,846.90
2 Area |1,836.00 |1,830.43
3 Area |1,961.00 |1,915.93
4 Area |1,656.00 |1,517.50
5 Area |1,332.00 |1,445.85
6 Area |1,911.00 |1,918.21
7 Area |1,656.00 |1,660.10
8 Area |1,291.00 |1,299.90
|------- |-------
Total |13,534.00 |13,442.82
PC variation |- |-91.18
Sergeant variation |- |+154.13
6 July 1993 to 2 August 1993
1 Area |1,890.00 |1,860.90
2 Area |1,836.00 |1,846.43
3 Area |1,961.00 |1,913.38
4 Area |1,656.00 |1,520.49
5 Area |1,332.00 |1,468.95
6 Area |1,911.00 |1,932.20
7 Area |1,656.00 |1,674.90
8 Area |1,291.00 |1,301.90
|------- |-------
Total |13,534.00 |13,519.15
PC variation |- |-14.85
Sergeant variation |- |+153.33
3 August 1993 to 6 September 1993
1 Area |1,899.00 |1,871.70
2 Area |1,857.00 |1,840.43
3 Area |1,970.00 |1,908.88
4 Area |1,663.00 |1,523.29
5 Area |1,338.00 |1,472.95
6 Area |1,918.00 |1,935.20
7 Area |1,664.00 |1,663.90
8 Area |1,295.00 |1,323.90
|------- |-------
Total |13,604.00 |13,540.25
PC variation |- |-63.75
Sergeant variation |- |+129.56
7 September 1993 to 4 October 1993
1 Area |1,904.00 |1,873.70
2 Area |1,861.00 |1,834.56
3 Area |1,974.00 |1,920.48
4 Area |1,667.00 |1,534.69
5 Area |1,341.00 |1,464.95
6 Area |1,921.00 |1,927.63
7 Area |1,660.00 |1,657.90
8 Area |1,297.00 |1,326.50
|------- |-------
Total |13,633.00 |13,540.41
PC variation |- |-92.59
Sergeant variation |- |+116.80
5 October 1993 to 1 November 1993
1 Area |1,907.00 |1,867.70
2 Area |1,864.00 |1,824.56
3 Area |1,977.00 |1,926.93
4 Area |1,670.00 |1,530.69
5 Area |1,343.00 |1,457.95
6 Area |1,924.00 |1,922.63
7 Area |1,670.00 |1,654.90
8 Area |1,299.00 |1,323.20
|------- |-------
Total |13,654.00 |13,510.56
PC variation |- |-143.44
Sergeant variation |- |+102.90
2 November 1993 to 6 December 1993
1 Area |1,907.00 |1,868.76
2 Area |1,864.00 |1,816.36
3 Area |1,977.00 |1,929.93
4 Area |1,670.00 |1,553.69
5 Area |1,343.00 |1,453.65
6 Area |1,924.00 |1,918.36
7 Area |1,670.00 |1,648.20
8 Area |1,299.00 |1,328.20
|------- |-------
Total |13,654.00 |13,517.15
PC variation |- |-136.85
Sergeant variation |- |+90.93
7 December 1993 to 31 December 1993
1 Area |1,913.00 |1,891.76
2 Area |1,870.00 |1,823.36
3 Area |1,984.00 |1,948.93
4 Area |1,675.00 |1,568.69
5 Area |1,340.00 |1,456.65
6 Area |1,929.00 |1,921.36
7 Area |1,676.00 |1,640.60
8 Area |1,302.00 |1,326.20
|------- |-------
Total |13,697.00 |13,577.55
PC variation |- |-119.45
Sergeant variation |- |+79.93
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ENVIRONMENT
Housing
Mr. Bates : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish information giving details of the capital provided in the Budget for (a) Teesside and (b) Tyne and Wear for the provision of housing for each year since 1987.
Sir George Young : Capital for the provision and maintenance of housing is provided to English local authorities through housing investment programme--HIP--allocations, which are issued annually by the Department.
Information on HIP allocations made to each local authority in England for each year from 1979-80 to 1993-94 is available in the Library.
Information on HIP allocations for 1994-95 will be placed in the Library shortly. Information on 1994-95 allocations for those local authorities within the county of Cleveland, and within the former county of Tyne and Wear, are given in the table :
1994-95 HIP allocations Local authority |(£ thousand) --------------------------------------------------- Hartlepool |3,522 Langbaurgh-on-Tees |4,305 Middlesbrough |3,542 Stockton-on-Tees |3,926 Gateshead |5,921 Newcastle |8,779 North Tyneside |8,811 South Tyneside |3,896 Sunderland |8,746
Single Regeneration Budget
Mr. Vaz : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list those that were consulted on the formation of the single regeneration budget.
Mr. Baldry : To date about 8,500 copies of the draft bidding guidance on the single regeneration budget have been distributed to a wide range of organisations and individuals, including local authorities, business organisations, training and enterprise councils and voluntary and community groups.
Mr. Vaz : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list all those who will be responsible for making the decisions in the regional offices of the single regeneration budget on how the budget is spent.
Mr. Baldry : The integrated regional offices and the single regeneration budget do not come into operation until April 1994. The bidding arrangements for the single regeneration budget for 1995-96 are currently the subject of consultation. Decisions on the bids will be made towards the end of this year. It is therefore too early to determine what detailed arrangements will be made within integrated regional offices for dealing with decisions on the single regeneration budget.
Mr. Vaz : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the total budgets for which each regional director of the single regeneration budget is responsible and the amount of funding each is able to provide for regeneration in their respective areas.
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Mr. Baldry : In its first year, the single regeneration budget will largely operate through the arrangements in place for the 20 contributing programmes and will honour existing commitments. Planned provision in 1994- 95 is £1.442 billion and the expected regional distribution is :
|£ million
---------------------------------------------
South East |15
Eastern |15
South West |42
East Midlands |68
West Midlands |175
Merseyside |103
North West |159
Yorkshire and Humberside |156
North East |159
London |369
|-------
|1,261
English Partnerships |181
|-------
Total |1,442
Notes:
1. These figures are provisional and are net
of expected receipts. Where firm data is not
yet available expenditure has been
apportioned on the basis of the pattern of
spend in 1992-93 and 1993-94.
2. For Department of Trade and Industry and
Employment Department programmes
transferring, Merseyside figures are
included in those for the north west.
Council Tax
Mr. Pike : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what changes he proposes to make in relation to council tax for the mentally impaired living alone ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Baldry : Where all the residents of a dwelling are severely mentally impaired a 50 per cent. council tax discount applies. In many cases the residents will be able to have all or part of the remaining liability met by council tax benefit.
We have received a number of representations to the effect that such dwellings should be exempt from the council tax. We are presently considering those representations : I shall let the hon. Member know when we have reached a conclusion.
European Funding Schemes
Mr. Vaz : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the European funding schemes for which local authorities can apply, the total budget of each scheme, the percentage that each local authority can apply, the total amount of each budget that is designated to England, and the total amount claimed by local authorities in each year from 1980.
Mr. Baldry : This information is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Rhinoceroses
Mr. Dalyell : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what recent discussions he has had with other parties to the convention on international trade in endangered species on how to clamp down on the illegal trade in rhinoceros.
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Mr. Atkins : At the most recent meeting of the Standing Committee of the convention, held in Brussels in September, it was decided to put further pressure on consumer countries, especially China and Taiwan, to end all internal trade in rhino products and to bring stocks under Government control. The United Kingdom has observer status on the committee and played an active part in the discussions leading to the decisions. In addition the United Kingdom, together with our European partners, fully supported the discussion of the CITES Standing Committee to send technical and high-level delegations to rhino-horn consuming countries to assess the effectiveness of their efforts to combat illegal trade in rhino horn and to offer advice and assistance. We have contributed £5,000 towards the costs of the high-level delegation which has recently visited China and Taiwan. The Government will be represented at the Standing Committee meeting next month which will consider what further action should be taken in the light of the delegations reports.
The United Kingdom Government have taken a leading role in encouraging greater efforts to conserve rhinos. On 3 February my Department announced a grant of £60,000 towards a project co-funded by the European Commission and the Worldwide Fund for Nature to appoint a scientific officer to co-ordinate rhino conservation activities throughout Africa.
Waveney District Council
Mr. David Porter : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make it his policy to relax spending restrictions to permit Waveney district council to match, pound for pound, the money recently awarded to parts of Waveney under structural funds, objective 5b ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Baldry : No. For an explanation of the Government's policy on matching funding for European regional development fund grants, I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent, North (Ms Walley) on 11 January 1994, Official Report, columns 3-4.
Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Mr. Robert Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his decision on the Nidderdale area of outstanding natural beauty designation order submitted to him by the Countryside Commission.
Mr. Atkins : My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has today confirmed the order which will designate Nidderdale as an area of outstanding natural beauty. The designation covers an area of 603 sq km in north Yorkshire. Nidderdale is important for its natural beauty and unspoilt rural character which the designation will help to secure.
Housing Action Trust, Brent
Mr. Merchant : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what further progress has been made with the proposal for a housing action trust in Brent.
Sir George Young : I am pleased to announce, after further consultation with the tenants, that a postal ballot will be held from 14 to 27 March 1994. This will enable the
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tenants of the Stonebridge estate to vote on whether they are in favour of the establishment of a housing action trust for their estate.The housing action trust proposal represents a major opportunity to improve the estate and the quality of life within it, but the final decision must rest with the tenants. I very much hope that they will use their vote to decide the future of the estate.
OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
Biwater Group
Mr. Tom Clarke : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what proportion of the Overseas Development Administration's water and sewerage sector budget has supported contracts won by the Biwater Group in each year since 1985.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : The Overseas Development Administration does not have a separate water and sewerage sector budget. Since 1985 Biwater Group has been awarded contracts under our bilateral aid programme spending as follows. Two contracts supported under the aid and trade provision, that is, a rural water supply scheme in Malaysia which commenced in 1986 with ATP support of £59.46 million and a hill country water project in Sri Lanka which commenced in 1988 with ATP support of £2.129 million.
Under our regular country programme--excluding ATP which is centrally managed--we maintain central records on contracts undertaken direct by ODA with United Kingdom firms as part of technical co-operation. These show that a contract, valued at £1.5 million as part of the Cairo waste water project, was placed with the Biwater Group and began in 1992.
For aid other than technical cooperation, contracts are placed with United Kingdom firms by overseas Governments or their institutions and not by ODA ; our financial aid is made to the recipient country Government as a contribution to the cost of these contracts. Information on which United Kingdom firms received these contracts is not maintained centrally in ODA. Such information could be assembled only at disproportionate cost.
Brazil
Sir Thomas Arnold : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list by value each British aid project in Brazil ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : The Overseas Development Administration--ODA--is currently funding 15 projects in Brazil. These are :
1. Anglo-Brazilian Climate Observation Study (£2.9 million) 2. Rainforest Silviculture Research Project (£2.4 million) 3. Caxiuana Research Station (£1.9 million)
4. Forest Biomass and Nutrient Research Project (£1.7 million) 5. Lake Mamiraua Ecological Research Station (£1.6 million) 6. Rain Forest Pilot Programme Trust Fund (£1.5 million) 7. Tocantins Forestry and Rural Development Project (£1.1 million)
8. Tapajos National Forest Management Project (£0.8 million) 9. Aromatic Plants Developments Project (£0.7 million) 10. Central Amazonia Flora and Vegetation Project (£0.6 million) 11. Recife Environmental Control Project (£0.4 million)
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12. Floodplain Forest Ecology and Management Project (£0.3 million)13. Sao Paulo State Water and Sewerage Project (£0.2 million) 14. Assistance to the Brazilian Indian Agency, FUNAI (£0.2 million)
15. Yanomami Health Project (£0.2 million)
The United Kingdom signed a memorandum of understanding on environmental co -operation with the Government of Brazil in July 1989. This provides the main focus for the programme which is the United Kingdom's largest in Latin America.
In addition to these bilateral projects, we provide some £1.8 million per annum to finance post graduate and technical training awards for Brazilian students in the United Kingdom. Also, ODA's joint funding scheme is presently supporting 53 small projects in Brazil, managed by British non -government organisations, at a cost of more than £0.7 million. Other small projects are supported by the British ambassador's discretionary scheme, including a £55,000 grant to the Sao Martinho shelter for street children in Rio de Janeiro.
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